Career defining innings for Saha

[Dinx - the Jinx]

I hope this innings puts to rest the people who are gunning for Rishab Pant's fast tracking into the test team. 

[express bowling]

3rd century by Saha in his last 9 completed test matches.

[express bowling]

14 minutes ago, BeautifulGame said:

 

Vijay is our best player when it comes to leaving short lol

 

He has century in Brisbane .

 

Vijay did not have that issue till the Australia tour

 

Against England in 2016, he got out twice trying to defend bouncers on  slow tracks

 

Had similar issues in the NZ series also, although he did not get dismissed there

 

You see, in cricket,  batsmen pick up bad habits and the good ones overcome them again.  It is not a constant thing.  Rahane was a very good player of the short ball but had trouble in the NZ series and is playing them well again.

Edited March 19, 2017 by express bowling

[King Tendulkar]

4 minutes ago, express bowling said:

3rd century by Saha in his last 9 completed test matches.

But first name mentioned on icf for the axe lol 

 

glove work is best in the world at the moment let alone india 

[Cricketics]

3 minutes ago, King Tendulkar said:

But first name mentioned on icf for the axe lol 

 

glove work is best in the world at the moment let alone india 

Got to give credit to Kohli here for backing him. He could have easily tried a new guy when Saha did not score in some games but he has always backed Saha right when he took over the captaincy. It is not that Saha was the greatest Indian domestic player, but Kohli knew this guy is going to come handy for India down the line. 

 

Brilliant by Saha. I hope he has earned his slot back and Kohli doesn't send Ashwin ahead anymore.

[CG]

Saha to his detractors.

[King Tendulkar]

1 minute ago, Cricketics said:

Got to give credit to Kohli here for backing him. He could have easily tried a new guy when Saha did not score in some games but he has always backed Saha right when he took over the captaincy. It is not that Saha was the greatest Indian domestic player, but Kohli knew this guy is going to come handy for India down the line. 

 

Brilliant by Saha. I hope he has earned his slot back and Kohli doesn't send Ashwin ahead anymore.

A lot of credit to Kumble . He know how important 20 wickets are and how vital keeper is in this 

 

 

[OpeningBatsman]

Pujara 

[Gollum]

How the hell has he debuted so late considering how mediocre our previous skipper cum keeper was?

 

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Edited March 19, 2017 by Gollum

[sandeep]

4 hours ago, Sidhoni said:

Such a tight slap I tell you...first decent innings against good bowling line up on a track where Maxwell scored 100.

What??  Dude, that's just a thoughtless pot-shot toyger style.  And that too at a Bengali.    Raise your standards.  

[sandeep]

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Edited March 19, 2017 by sandeep
Wrong thread.

[WC2011INDIA]

So far this was his best knock.

 

I have a feeling he is going to score a century in Lords one day!

[Gollum]

He has now cemented his spot for at least a couple of years now. Best keeper in the planet and a handy bat too. Just needs backing from management and watch him thrive in international cricket. 

[Laaloo]

11 hours ago, Sidhoni said:

Right. He was brilliant there. 

 

12 hours ago, Sidhoni said:

Such a tight slap I tell you...first decent innings against good bowling line up on a track where Maxwell scored 100.

 

11 hours ago, express bowling said:

No.... Saha scored 54 not out and 58 not out on a green, up and down,  Eden gardens track against a good NZ seam attack.

 

He was the man of the match in that test

 

11 hours ago, Sidhoni said:

Right. He was brilliant there. 

Right so this is not the first decent innings like you said earlier....

[Texan]

Great innings under pressure against a good opposition. Hope this innings gives him the confidence to bat better now and get that average up to 35.

[Cricketics]

Let's hope Kohli sends Saha ahead now of Ashwin from here on. 

[King Tendulkar]

9 minutes ago, Texan said:

Great innings under pressure against a good opposition. Hope this innings gives him the confidence to bat better now and get that average up to 35.

I think his career average is Irelevant . Main thing is his average over last 2 years and moving forward 

[King Tendulkar]

Last 13 tests averaging 47

 

pairing that with his exceptional keeping ....

[Laaloo]

42 minutes ago, King Tendulkar said:

Last 13 tests averaging 47

 

pairing that with his exceptional keeping ....

but but but this is his first decent innings against good bowling line up on a track where Maxwell scored 100

[Texan]

1 hour ago, King Tendulkar said:

I think his career average is Irelevant . Main thing is his average over last 2 years and moving forward 

I have seen this argument being played both ways depending on which side of the table you are on. Yes, overall career average is important because it represents the faith put by the team management in your future performances despite not doing well. You need to provide some proof at a later point of time that you are good enough to justify that faith. You are judged as a cricketer based on your overall performances through your career and not based on spikes and throughs.